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Pete Alexander

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Pete Alexander

Full name Grover Cleveland Alexander
Born February 26, 1887, Elba, Nebraska
Died November 4, 1950, St. Paul, Nebraska
Buried at Elmwood Cemetery, St. Paul, Nebraska
First Game: April 15, 1911; Final Game: May 28, 1930
Bat: Right Throw: Right Height: 6' 1" Weight: 185
Selected to the Hall of Fame in 1938
Named pitcher on The Sporting News Major League All-Star Team (1926)
Ejections: 1923 (2)
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                           Batting Record
Year Team                     G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG   BFW Year Team
1911 PHI N    Daily Splits   50   138   12   24   5   1   0    9    2   0i  27   0   0                1      .174  .186  .225   0.0 1911 PHI N
1912 PHI N    Daily Splits   46   102    7   19   4   0   2   13    6       14   0   9   0            0      .186  .231  .284   0.0 1912 PHI N
1913 PHI N    Daily Splits   47   103    9   13   4   1   0    4    3   0i  21   0   3   0   4i  1i   0   1i .126  .151  .184   0.0 1913 PHI N
1914 PHI N    Daily Splits   48   137   18   32   3   0   0    7    3   0i  12   1   2   0   2i  2i   0   0i .234  .255  .255   0.2 1914 PHI N
1915 PHI N    Daily Splits   49   130    9   22   3   0   1    8    6   0i  23   0   5   0   6i  3i   0   1  .169  .206  .215   0.0 1915 PHI N
1916 PHI N    Daily Splits   49   138   10   33   7   4   0    9    5   0i  15   0   3   0i  3i  5i   1   0  .239  .266  .348   0.0 1916 PHI N
1917 PHI N    Daily Splits   47   139   17   30   8   2   1   13    3   0i  23   0   7   0i  4i  4i   1   0i .216  .232  .324   0.0 1917 PHI N
1918 CHI N    Daily Splits    3    10    1    1   0   0   0    0    0   0    2   0   0   0   1   0    0   0  .100  .100  .100   0.0 1918 CHI N
1919 CHI N    Daily Splits   30    70    6   12   1   0   0    4   10   0   18   0   4   0   1   2    0   0  .171  .275  .186   0.0 1919 CHI N
1920 CHI N    Daily Splits   46   118    9   27   4   1   1   14   11   0   26   0   6   0   0   6    0   0  .229  .295  .305   0.0 1920 CHI N
1921 CHI N    Daily Splits   31    95    8   29   3   1   1   14    2   0   13   0   5   0   4   2    0   1  .305  .320  .389   0.0 1921 CHI N
1922 CHI N    Daily Splits   33    85    4   15   1   0   0   11    6   0   16   0   4   0   2   1    0   0  .176  .231  .188   0.0 1922 CHI N
1923 CHI N    Daily Splits   39   111   10   24   3   1   1   10    1   0   11   0   7   0   4   5    0   0  .216  .223  .288   0.0 1923 CHI N
1924 CHI N    Daily Splits   21    65    3   15   2   0   1   10    2   0    8   0   4   0   2   3    0   1  .231  .254  .308   0.0 1924 CHI N
1925 CHI N    Daily Splits   32    79    7   19   4   1   2   12    1   0    5   0   9   0   1   4    0   2  .241  .250  .392   0.0 1925 CHI N
1926 CHI N    Daily Splits    7    15    1    7   2   0   0    3    0   0    1   0   3   0   1   1    0   0  .467  .467  .600   0.0 1926 CHI N
1926 STL N    Daily Splits   23    50    1    6   1   0   0    3    2   0   14   0   3   0   0   1    0   0  .120  .154  .140   0.0 1926 STL N
1926 TOT N                   30    65    2   13   3   0   0    6    2   0   15   0   6   0   1   2    0   0  .200  .224  .246   0.0 1926 TOT N
1927 STL N    Daily Splits   37    94    7   23   3   1   0    6    5   0   14   0   3   1   2   6    0   0  .245  .283  .298   0.0 1927 STL N
1928 STL N    Daily Splits   34    86   13   25   2   0   1   11    4   0    8   0   8   0   4   3    0   0  .291  .322  .349   0.0 1928 STL N
1929 STL N    Daily Splits   22    41    2    2   0   0   0    2    3   0    5   1   3   0   1   1    0   1  .049  .133  .049   0.0 1929 STL N
1930 PHI N    Daily Splits    9     4    0    0   0   0   0    0    2   0    0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .333  .000   0.0 1930 PHI N
Total    (20 Years) Splits  703  1810  154  378  60  13  11  163   77   0i 276   2  88   1i 42i 50i   3   7i .209  .242  .275   0.2 Total
Year Team                     G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG   BFW Year Team
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Year Team                     G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team
1915 PHI N    Daily Splits    2     5    0    1   0   0   0    0    0   0    1   0   1   0   0   1   0    0   0  .200  .200  .200 1915 PHI N
1926 STL N    Daily Splits    3     7    1    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    2   0   2   0   0   1   0    0   0  .000  .000  .000 1926 STL N
1928 STL N    Daily Splits    2     1    0    0   0   0   0    1    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   1   0    0   0  .000  .000  .000 1928 STL N
Total    ( 3 Years) Splits    7    13    1    1   0   0   0    1    0   0    3   0   3   0   0   3   0    0   0  .077  .077  .077 Total
Year Team                     G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team

                             Pitching Record
Year Team                     G  GS  CG SHO  GF  SV   IP      H   BFP  HR    R   ER   BB  IB   SO  SH  WP HBP  BK  2B  3B GDP ROE   W   L    ERA    RS    PW Year Team
1911 PHI N    Daily Splits   48  37  31   7  11   3  367    285  1440   5  133  105  129   0i 227  26i  4   8   1  37i  6i         28  13   2.57  4.65   3.7 1911 PHI N
1912 PHI N    Daily Splits   46  34  25   3  10   3  310.1  289  1290  11  133   97  105      195  30   5   6   0  37i  3i         19  17   2.81  4.44   3.0 1912 PHI N
1913 PHI N    Daily Splits   47  36  23   9   9   2  306.1  288  1234   9  106   95   75   2i 159  21   3   3   0  43i  6i 12i  9i 22   8   2.79  4.22   1.8 1913 PHI N
1914 PHI N    Daily Splits   46  39  32   6   7   1  355    327  1459   8  133   94   76   0i 214  32   1  11   0  49i 13i  3i 39i 27  15   2.38  4.33   3.1 1914 PHI N
1915 PHI N    Daily Splits   49  42  36  12   7   3  376.1  253  1435   3   86   51   64   6i 241  35   2  10   0  41i  8i  9i 36i 31  10   1.22  4.29   7.5 1915 PHI N
1916 PHI N    Daily Splits   48  45  38  16   3   3  389    323  1500   6   90   67   50   2i 167  37   3  10   0  39i  9i 15i 32i 33  12   1.55  3.42   7.2 1916 PHI N
1917 PHI N    Daily Splits   45  44  34   8   0   0  388    336  1529   4  107   79   56   1i 200  30   1   6   0  49i 20i 11i 28i 30  13   1.83  3.77   5.4 1917 PHI N
1918 CHI N    Daily Splits    3   3   3   0   0   0   26     19    98   0    7    5    3   0   15   2   0   1   0   3   4   2   6   2   1   1.73  4.67   0.3 1918 CHI N
1919 CHI N    Daily Splits   30  27  20   9   3   1  235    180   906   3   51   45   38   2  121  16   1   0   0  34   7  11  18  16  11   1.72  3.33   4.6 1919 CHI N
1920 CHI N    Daily Splits   46  40  33   7   6   5  363.1  335  1447   8   96   77   69   6  173  26   3   1   0  40  25  10  23  27  14   1.91  3.38   6.9 1920 CHI N
1921 CHI N    Daily Splits   31  30  20   3   1   1  252    286  1033  10  110   95   33   1   77  33   1   1   0  38  10  12  19  15  13   3.39  4.63   1.8 1921 CHI N
1922 CHI N    Daily Splits   33  31  20   1   2   1  245.2  283  1014   8  111   99   34   0   48  18   4   3   0  47  15  13  12  16  13   3.63  4.32   1.9 1922 CHI N
1923 CHI N    Daily Splits   39  36  26   3   2   2  305    308  1246  17  128  108   30   4   72  25   2   0   0  46  10  13  36  22  12   3.19  5.47   3.1 1923 CHI N
1924 CHI N    Daily Splits   21  20  12   0   0   0  169.1  183   708   9   82   57   25   1   33  10   1   1   0  32  10  17  20  12   5   3.03  5.30   1.1 1924 CHI N
1925 CHI N    Daily Splits   32  30  20   1   1   0  236    270   977  15  106   89   29   3   63   9   1   3   0  52  12  16  21  15  11   3.39  4.80   2.3 1925 CHI N
1926 CHI N    Daily Splits    7   7   4   0   0   0   52     55   218   0   26   20    7   1   12   7   0   0   0  10   5   1   7   3   3   3.46  4.00   0.5 1926 CHI N
1926 STL N    Daily Splits   23  16  11   2   7   2  148.1  136   597   8   57   48   24   1   35  10   0   2   0  11   5   7  13   9   7   2.91  3.69   1.3 1926 STL N
1926 TOT N                   30  23  15   2   7   2  200.1  191   815   8   83   68   31   2   47  17   0   2   0  21  10   8  20  12  10   3.05  3.78   1.8 1926 TOT N
1927 STL N    Daily Splits   37  30  22   2   5   3  268    261  1082  11   94   75   38   6   48  32   1   1   0  39   6  26  29  21  10   2.52  5.03   5.0 1927 STL N
1928 STL N    Daily Splits   34  31  18   1   2   2  243.2  262  1009  15  107   91   37   4   59  25   3   2   0  35  12  11  15  16   9   3.36  5.74   2.2 1928 STL N
1929 STL N    Daily Splits   22  19   8   0   3   0  132    149   562  10   65   57   23   4   33  16   2   1   0  30   7   9  14   9   8   3.89  5.53   1.0 1929 STL N
1930 PHI N    Daily Splits    9   3   0   0   2   0   21.2   40   109   5   24   22    6   0    6   2   0   0   0   5   1   1   2   0   3   9.14  4.00  -0.8 1930 PHI N
Total    (20 Years) Splits  696 600 436  90  81  32 5190   4868 20893 165 1852 1476  951  44 2198 442  38  70   1 717 194 199 379i373 208   2.56  4.39  62.9 Total
Year Team                     G  GS  CG SHO  GF  SV   IP      H   BFP  HR    R   ER   BB  IB   SO  SH  WP HBP  BK  2B  3B GDP ROE   W   L    ERA    RS    PW Year Team
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Alexander was officially recognized as winning the ERA title in 1917.
                World Series Pitching Record
Year Team                     G  GS  CG SHO  GF  SV   IP      H   BFP  HR    R   ER   BB  IB   SO  SH  SF  WP HBP  BK  2B  3B GDP ROE   W   L    ERA    RS Year Team
1915 PHI N    Daily Splits    2   2   2   0   0   0   17.2   14    69   0    3    3    4   1   10   5   0   0   0   0   0   1   1   1   1   1   1.53  2.00 1915 PHI N
1926 STL N    Daily Splits    3   2   2   0   1   1   20.1   12    76   0    4    3    4   0   17   0   0   0   0   0   2   1   1   2   2   0   1.33  8.00 1926 STL N
1928 STL N    Daily Splits    2   1   0   0   1   0    5     10    30   3   11   11    4   0    2   2   0   0   0   0   3   0   0   1   0   1  19.80  3.00 1928 STL N
Total    ( 3 Years) Splits    7   5   4   0   2   1   43     36   175   3   18   17   12   1   29   7   0   0   0   0   5   2   2   4   3   2   3.56  4.60 Total
Year Team                     G  GS  CG SHO  GF  SV   IP      H   BFP  HR    R   ER   BB  IB   SO  SH  SF  WP HBP  BK  2B  3B GDP ROE   W   L    ERA    RS Year Team

                           Fielding Record
Year Team               POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   PB   SB   CS  PkO   AVG  LF-G CF-G RF-G
1911 PHI N Daily Splits   P   48   37   31   365      11   95    4    3   0    0   34i   0       .964
1912 PHI N Daily Splits   P   46   34   25   310      10   75    3    1   0    0   35i   0       .966
1913 PHI N Daily Splits   P   47   36   23   306.1    10   82    0    3   0    1   34   24    3i1.000
1914 PHI N Daily Splits   P   46   39   32   353.2    18  102    3    1   0    0   31   23    6i .976
1914 PHI N               LF    1    0    0             0    0    0    0   0                         -
1914 PHI N               OF    1    0    0             0    0    0    0   0                         -     1    0    0 
1915 PHI N Daily Splits   P   49   42   36   376.1    22  120    3    4   0    5   22   21    7i .979
1916 PHI N Daily Splits   P   48   45   38   390      17  102    1    3   0    3   27i  31    7i .992
1917 PHI N Daily Splits   P   45   44   35   387      24  108    1    3   0    4   30i  24    1i .992
1918 CHI N Daily Splits   P    3    3    3    26       0    8    0    0   0    0    1    5    0 1.000
1919 CHI N Daily Splits   P   30   27   20   235       6   85    0    1   0    1   19   12    3 1.000
1920 CHI N Daily Splits   P   46   40   33   363.1     8  105    2    2   0    2   23   34    6  .983
1921 CHI N Daily Splits   P   31   30   20   251.1    11   60    2    4   0    1   11   16    5  .973
1922 CHI N Daily Splits   P   33   31   20   244       9   69    0    5   0    1   11   12    2 1.000
1923 CHI N Daily Splits   P   39   36   26   304.2    11   90    1    6   0    1    9    9    4  .990
1924 CHI N Daily Splits   P   21   20   12   169.1     4   53    2    2   0    0    7    3    2  .966
1925 CHI N Daily Splits   P   32   30   20   235       7   45    0    4   0    3    8   13    0 1.000
1926 CHI N Daily Splits   P    7    7    4    52       1   19    0    0   0    1    2    5    1 1.000
1926 STL N Daily Splits   P   23   16   11   148.1     2   39    2    1   0    0    7    6    0  .953
1926 TOT N                P   30   23   15   200.1     3   58    2    1   0    1    9   11    1  .968
1927 STL N Daily Splits   P   37   30   22   268       8   66    0    1   0    2   12    6    4 1.000
1928 STL N Daily Splits   P   34   31   18   243.2     4   57    0    3   0    3    9    9    0 1.000
1929 STL N Daily Splits   P   22   19    8   132       5   38    1    2   0    0    6    6    1  .977
1930 PHI N Daily Splits   P    9    3    0    21.2     1    1    0    0   0    0    4    2    0 1.000
Total (20 Years) Splits   P  696  600  437  5182.2   189 1419   25   49   0   28  342i 261   52i .985
Total ( 1 Year )         LF    1    0    0             0    0    0    0   0                         -
Total ( 1 Year )         OF    1    0    0             0    0    0    0   0                         -     1    0    0 
Year Team               POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   PB   SB   CS  PkO   AVG  LF-G CF-G RF-G
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Year Team               POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   PB   SB   CS  PkO   AVG
1915 PHI N Daily Splits   P    2    2    2    17.2     2    5    0    0   0    0    1    1    1 1.000
1926 STL N Daily Splits   P    3    2    2    20.1     0    6    1    1   0    0    1    2    0  .857
1928 STL N Daily Splits   P    2    1    0     5       0    4    0    0   0    0    0    0    0 1.000
Total ( 3 Years) Splits   P    7    5    4    43       2   15    1    1   0    0    2    3    1  .944
Year Team               POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   PB   SB   CS  PkO   AVG

Ejection Information

Date                Team   Umpire              Reason
 8-24-1923     BOX  CHI N  Charlie Moran       Balls and strikes
 9- 8-1923     BOX  CHI N  Bill Klem           Balls and strikes

Transaction Information

Selected by Philadelphia Phillies from Syracuse (New York State) in the major league draft (September 1, 1910).

Traded by Philadelphia Phillies with Bill Killefer to Chicago Cubs in exchange for
Mike Prendergast, Pickles Dillhoefer and $55000 (December 11, 1917).

Claimed on waivers by St. Louis Cardinals from Chicago Cubs (June 22, 1926).

Traded by St. Louis Cardinals with Harry McCurdy to Philadelphia Phillies in
exchange for Homer Peel and Bob McGraw (December 11, 1929).
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